电炉 (diàn lú) — electric stove; hot plate; electric furnace
Definition
电炉 (diàn lú) covers both a household 'electric stove / hot plate' for cooking (厨房 example) and an industrial 'electric furnace' for smelting metal (工厂 example). The same word serves both senses — context decides which.
noun
electric stovehot plateelectric furnace
Measure word · 台
Examples
- 电炉。Chú fáng lǐ fàng zhe yì tái xīn diàn lú.There is a new electric stove in the kitchen.
- 电炉。Tā yòng diàn lú shāo shuǐ pào chá.He uses a hot plate to boil water for tea.
- 电炉。Zhè jiā gōng chǎng yòng diàn lú liàn gāng.This factory uses an electric furnace to smelt steel.
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